# Accident 20120403006149A: Piper PA-34-200T, San Marcos, TX, April 3, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2012, 19:20 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8928° N, 97.8631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8928&lon=-97.8631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1162X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1162X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,111 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120403006149A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT DEPARTED CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS (PZY) FOR SAN MARCOS, TEXAS (HYI)  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A LOCAL AREA WEATHER BRIEFING BY TELEPHONE WITH FSS BUT DID NOT RECALL IF NOTAMS WERE COVERED. THE PILOT RECEIVED FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM SAN ANTONIO APPROACH CONTROL, BUT DECLINED A HAND OFF TO AUSTIN APPROACH CONTROL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LISTENED TO THE AWOS AND OBTAINED THE CURRENT WEATHER BUT DID NOT HEAR THAT RUNWAY 8 WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION. AWOS ONLY PROVIDES AUTOMATED WEATHER. HYI TOWER WAS CLOSED. AFTER LANDING OVERTOP OF THE LARGE YELLOW X AND 15 INCHES HIGH CONSTRUCTION BARRIERS ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 8 THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK CONSTRUCTION BARRIERS AT TAXIWAY B. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT LODGING SIDEWAYS ON THE RIGHT FLAP, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE LEFT WING SPAR APPROXIMATELY 500 FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET SOUTH OF RUNWAY 8.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA229), Apr 4, 2012: Piper PA-34-200T (N1162X), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that he was aware of the NOTAM describing the runway closure, which resulted in a landing on the closed runway and subsequent collision with a barrier. Contributing to…

## Other reports on N1162X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070616014369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070616014369I), Jun 16, 2007: Piper PA34200T (N1162X), Devine, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On June 16, 2007, a Piper seneca landed at the Devine airport (23R), at approximately 2:30AM during a thunderstorm and went off the south end of the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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